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Penthouse Jan 1972
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Penthouse January 1972 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Patricia Cherokee Barrett photographed by Bob Guccione
Flip Wilson In The Penthouse Guest Spot
Robert Chartham On The Sensuous Couple
The Profitable Business Of Non-Profit
The Penthouse SexIndex: Debut Of An Erotic Dictionary
Flip Wilson interviewed by Leonard G. Feather | |
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Penthouse Feb 1972
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Penthouse February 1972 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Carole Augustine (Nude) photographed by Eugene Finkei
Next, The Do-It-Yourself Atom Bomb And The Menace Of Nuclear Blackmail
FCC's Nicholas Johnson, Maverick Commissioner - Exclusive Interview by Michael Minick
A History Of Erotic Inventions
Licensed To Drive Or Licensed To Kill? - An Expos
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Penthouse Mar 1972
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Penthouse March 1972 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Billie Dean (Nude) photographed by Amnon Bar-tur
Who Dresses The Godfather
What The Syndicate Eats
Where Have All The Mafiosi Gone
When The Mind Is Wired Up
William Burroughs interviewed by Graham Masterton & Andrew Rossabi | |
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Penthouse Apr 1972
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Penthouse April 1972 Features
Covergirl Melanie Byrd (Nude) photographed by Barry Goldman
Pet of the Month is Marianne Gordon photographed by Bob Guccione
John Chancellor, TV Newsman - Exclusive Interview by Richard Ballad
Mickey Spillane On Choosing A Nude For His New Novel
Push-Button Death: Lethal New Weapons Of U.S. War
Sports Groupies: Phil Berger Tells The Facts | |
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Penthouse May 1972
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Penthouse May 1972 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Sharon Elaine Bailey (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
My Secret Visit To The I.R.A.: By Col. Corson
Sterling Tucker, Black Leader, Interviewed by Richard Valeriani
Isaac Asimov On The Mystery Of Memory
Albert Ellis On Sex & Guilt: Casebook
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Penthouse Jun 1972
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Penthouse June 1972 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Nevenka Dundek (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Penthouse Opens Resort Hotel
Pet Of The Year Playoff
Paris For Rakes - The Lustiest Guidebook Yet
Miles Davis, Eternal Innovator, Explains
Anthony Burgess interviewed by George Malko | |
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Penthouse Jul 1972
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Penthouse July 1972 Features
Covergirl Photographed by George Adams (Not Nude)
Pet of the Month is Leslie Harrison photographed by Bob Guccione
Satire By Garson Kanin
Updating Your Audio: By Robert Angus
Professor Eysenck On The Presidential Obscenity Report
Donald Barr interviewed by Richard Ballad | |
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Penthouse Aug 1972
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Penthouse August 1972 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Marian Maylam (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Penthouse Talks To A Turned-On Cleric
Kissinger In Close-Up
Kamera Sutra: A Pictorial Primer Of Self-Love
The Erotic Riviera: Where The Girls Go
Al Carmines interviewed by Richard Ballad | |
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Penthouse Sep 1972
Anniversary
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Penthouse September 1972 Features
Covergirl Tina McDowall (Pet of the Year) (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Pet of the Month is Isobel Garcia photographed by Bob Guccione
Xaviera Hollander Interview - More Candid Than 'The Happy Hooker'
Gore Vidal On Nixon
All About Robert "Iron-Assed" Mitchum
Sandstone - A Love Community | |
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Penthouse Oct 1972
Back On Campus
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Penthouse October 1972 Features
Covergirl & Pet of the Month Centerfold Janet Dunphy photographed by Bob Guccione
The Way Of All Scholastic Flesh-Campus Resort
On Tour With The Rolling Stones
Did You Miss Me? by Henry Morgan
A Degenerate Alphabet Illustrated
Melvin Van Peebles interviewed by Charles Childs | |
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Penthouse Nov 1972
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Penthouse November 1972 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Angela Adams (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Burt Reynolds At His Frankest - On Girls, Nudity, Morals
The Wizard Of Odds: Election Profile
My Affaire With Paul McCartney
A Consumer's Guide To Mysticism
Burt Reynolds interviewed by Fred Robbins | |
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Penthouse Dec 1972
Holiday
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Penthouse December 1972 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Lynn Carey (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Xaviera Hollander's First Advice Column
Special: Mama Lion Roars
Exclusive: Faquel Welch Opens Up
A Doctor's Prescription For Health
Raquel Welch interviewed by Jack Hamilton | |
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For many years Penthouse fell somewhere in between Playboy and Hustler in terms of explicitness (and respectability). Almost from the start the pictorials showed female genitalia and pubic hair when this was still considered by many to be obscene. Simulated sex, but not penetration or male genitalia, followed, then, several years later, male genitalia, including erections, could be seen. In addition, Penthouse attempted to maintain some level of reading content, although usually of a more sexually oriented nature than Playboy.
Probably the most famous issue of Penthouse was its September 1984 issue, which was the largest selling issue of any magazine in history. This issue featured photos of Vanessa Williams, who was the current Miss America, from early in her modeling career. Williams posed for the series of black and white photos with another female model, engaging in simulated lesbian acts. While Williams' pictures created the most publicity at the time, the issue would later become even more controversial because of its centerfold, Traci Lords. Lords posed nude for this issue at the beginning of her career as an adult film star. It would later be revealed that Lords was underage throughout most of her career in pornography and was only fifteen when she posed for Penthouse. As a result, the issue is illegal to own if the centerfold is intact, falling under the laws against child pornography. The September 1984 issue also featured an interview with John Travolta, a feature on Boy George, and a pictorial on a pornographic actress, Hyapatia Lee.
In 1992, an issue between the magazine and United States Navy surfaced. The United States Navy reacted negatively on the issues of circulation and distribution around the military base. Distribution and sale of adult titles is said to be inconsistent with the rules and regulations concerning sexual harassment and human dignity.
The Military Honor and Decency Act signed by President Clinton in 1996 stated that the Secretary of Defense may not permit the sale or rental of sexually explicit material on property under the jurisdiction of the Defense Department. Also, a 1998 Supreme Court ruling held that a military base is not a public forum.
In 1998, caught between the widespread availability of pornography on the Internet and the growing popularity of non-explicit "men's magazines" like Maxim, Penthouse decided to change its format and began featuring sexually explicit pictures (ie: actual oral and vaginal penetration). It also began to regularly feature pictorials of female models urinating, which up until then had been considered a defining limit of illegal obscenity as distinguished from legal pornography. The new format ended up losing subscriptions and newsstand circulation for the magazine.
Videocassettes gained popularity and the steady rise of the Internet are some reasons that caused the steady decline of Penthouse Magazine circulation and other pornographic magazines like Playboy Magazine and Hustler Magazine. The Internet provided a cheaper and multiple avenues of satisfaction for customers who sought privacy. After struggling for years, in April 2002, Guccione announced that Penthouse Magazine was going out of business.
On July 2003, Bob Guccione lost his famous Penthouse Mansion. The mansion was composed of two townhouses built in 1879. Rebuilt in 1920s by Jeremiah Milbank, it was one of the largest private residences in Manhattan. At the height of prestige, Guccione bought the mansion in 1975.
On August 12, 2003, General Media, the parent company of the magazine, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In October 2003, it was announced that Penthouse magazine was being put up for sale as part of a deal with its creditors. In October 2003, an announcement of the sale of Penthouse Magazine circulated.
On October 4, 2004, General Media emerged from bankruptcy and was renamed the Penthouse Media Group. It is now owned by Marc Bell, a south Florida real-estate developer, who intends to soften the content of the magazine.
Starting with the January 2005 issue, Penthouse Magazine no longer showed pictures of an explicit nature, being touted as an alternative to FHM Magazine. Penthouse Magazine nixed explicitly nude photos of male and female genitalia. The change improved the declining sales. However, sales still did not reach the same circulation numbers of Penthouse Magazine at the peak of the magazine.
In 2005, Penthouse Media Group had a total circulation of 326,358 copies. Penthouse Magazine continues to increase sales as it works to become a competitor of the adult entertainment genre.
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